Heritage

Heritage is a national liberal political party in Armenia that was founded in 2002. The party was founded by former Foreign Minister Raffi Hovannisian, and the party supported a liberal democracy, economic liberalism, legal reforms, a competitive economy, the reduction of poverty and increasing social services, the reduction of emigration and the consequential "brain drain", improved relations with the West and Europe (while maintaining its good ties to Russia, China, and India), open and honest dialogue with Turkey, the recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic as an independent state, and the integration of Armenia into the European Union.